Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caponize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-pon-ize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English capon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caponize From capon + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

caponizes (present, singular) caponizing (participle, present) caponized (participle, past) caponized (past)

Derived Forms

caponizer

Synonyms

caponise

Questions

What does caponize mean?: To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use.
Where does caponize come from?: Etymology tree English capon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English caponize From capon + -ize.

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